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(68,644 posts)Aristus
(66,307 posts)I figure you're probably an expert in what goes into a good one...
PoliticAverse
(26,366 posts)Aristus
(66,307 posts)But we'll bypass the billing department...
Thanks!
TexasTowelie
(112,056 posts)Upgrading the medical billing code is necessary for the hospital to subsidize those cocktails.
blogslut
(37,990 posts)correct?
but boring is boring...
Thanks for taking the time to say 'hi'.
Locut0s
(6,154 posts)You sort of live for the thrill of the job in some ways too. I can imagine you get to see some shit no one wants to too though!
Marie Marie
(9,999 posts)And I come bearing massive amounts of chocolate and a little Chardonnay. Gonna be a great night!
Aristus
(66,307 posts)You're so sweet!
Not such a boring night, after all. I just took a call. Had to send a dialysis patient to the emergency room.
But I'm back and ready for a glass of wine...
CaliforniaPeggy
(149,560 posts)I hope you don't have to be on call ALL NIGHT...
And I also hope that you get tomorrow off to compensate...
Aristus
(66,307 posts)And then this weekend. Labor Day...
CaliforniaPeggy
(149,560 posts)pscot
(21,024 posts)can help the time to pass.
Aristus
(66,307 posts)We played those things in music class when I was in elementary school. They were fun.
I've already viewed the video twice. Thanks!
Paulie
(8,462 posts)Do you think medical profession here would recognize it, given that its so rare here?
Aristus
(66,307 posts)Anyone with a medical bent will have read about the cardinal signs of Yersinia pestis ages ago: Painful enlarged axillary lymph nodes, with associated secondary symptoms.
Glad that one is covered.
Lady Freedom Returns
(14,120 posts)I would trade you!
Aristus
(66,307 posts)At least I'm not in any pain.
Are things getting any better at all, sweetie?
Lady Freedom Returns
(14,120 posts)I got the ticket back. I have to put in my two week notice Saturday since he is going off first to the corp. meeting and then going on vacation.
But on Sunday I will not have anyone in store with me. I have to watch my back and serve customers and do the work of 2. All because they don't see that they need more help than just 1 full time, 1 part time, 1 associate manager and 1 manager.
olddots
(10,237 posts)our dogs are trying to construct an Orgone Chamber out of belly button lint and old pie pans .
Paulie
(8,462 posts)Ya know how it feels I bet. This time it was Comcast splicing 48 pairs of fiber out in the field and we have a site on one of those pairs; which they did in about an hour. I'm tired but impressed.
BainsBane
(53,026 posts)to be called into work in case of an emergency?
Aristus
(66,307 posts)I sit at home, waiting for a call, but when I get one, I don't have to go anywhere. I just talk to the patient over the phone and give medical advice. So all things considered, it's a pretty easy gig to get paid for.
But as with a lot of things in medicine, the reality of some of the calls negates the idealism one feels initially when wanting to help people.
I get calls from people demanding narcotics, among other drugs. I get calls from patients requesting medication refills, when they should have done that during clinic hours. I get calls from parents who tell me their child has a fever, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea and shortness of breath, and asking me: "What should I do?" instead of taking them to the Emergency Room right away, which is what I advise them to do.
I also have a shut-in patient who calls every once in a while complaining of self-inflicted injuries ( likely invented) just to have someone to talk to.
Occasions in which I am called upon to do some real diagnostic medicine are pretty rare.
steve2470
(37,457 posts)*passes you a big steaming pot of coffee with all your favorite condiments*
Aristus
(66,307 posts)That was very thoughtful...
In_The_Wind
(72,300 posts)I was in my bunk.